Dists.ess.
It has been estimated that upwards of two thousand persons in Colne have only about 2id. a day each to live upon, including parish relief. A public meeting of the inhabitants of......
A Hundred Years Ago
THE SPECTATOR, MAY 2ND, 1829. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Both Houses of Parliament met on Tuesday after the Easter recess. On that day, the Duke of Norfolk and Lords Dormer and Clifford......
An Appreciation.
As an old reader since 1870, I am pleased to see you are putting headings to the " News of the Week " paragraphs.—X.......
Refuse Dumps.
I should also like to add my protest against the practice of dumping tin-cans and unburnable refuse' on open spaces. We have here in Somerset, near our village, a pretty heath,......
A Memory Of F. D. Maurice [to The Editor Of
the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Frederick Denison Maurice is so much " in the air" just now, that possibly the following little anecdote may interest your readers. Mr. Maurice was not only......
Zoor.onical Sociarsr. -
It , appeared from the report, read at the annual meeting on Wednesday, that the receipts of the last year amounted to 12,3581, and the expensei to about 10,0441. Tho number of......
Points From Lei T Ers T A Protest.
In your issue of 20th inst., under the heading " The Budget," tea is referred to as a " universal necessity," and again in the same paper, "Watchman " calls tea " a necessity of......
Poetry
Reflections THE pigeons coo and flutter On cornice and on nest ; My presence does not trouble Their sun-warmed peace and rest. Above the quiet water The ancient ruin stands And......
In Justice To The Inoeums.
I have read with interest the review in the Spectator, March lfith, - page 427,- of George M. Wrong's book, Rise and Fall of Nero France, and I take exception to the reviewer......
" The Retrosrxmons Of Donarnea Herbert:1 In The Review Of
this book In the Spectator of April 27th some doubt appears to exist as to the authenticity of the - RetrospectiOns. May I say at once that the original MS/ is in the hands of......
Stag Hunting [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sm,—the Point
of view of the naturalist and lover of wild life upon Exmoor has received little or no attention. Many who oppose stag hunting do not realize that its suppression would probably......
May I Ask You To Make A Slight Correction In
your next issue ? In a review of my translation of Henri Boguet's An Examen of Witches in your number of April 13th last my name appears as the Rev. Henry Montague Summers. My......
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